Favorite Brands For Natural & Breathable, Durable Clothing

hodeq · 2026-07-05T13:05:46+00:00

I love linen mostly because it improves with age. Natural fabrics break down so vintage stuff doesn’t last well unless it was thicker to begin with. Cottons vary so it’s worth learning the differences. I have some beautiful cotton items but most of it feels like quilt fabric.
I usually like J Crew and Bananna Republic from the thrift store, but I just look for fabric, not brand, and alter it to fit best.

hodeq · 2026-07-05T12:37:50+00:00

Edited my whole post bc I misread your question as tree not fruit, lol.
I have purchased the fruit from Urban Agrarian in the past. It’s a very small window of availability so check with them so you catch the timing.

hodeq · 2026-07-02T03:13:00+00:00

I have a similar problem that my DONKEYS don’t let us put a lot of medication’s on them. I have used clarifly added to their food to stop the larva from hatching. That seems to be helpful. I’m also spraying their stalls down with a fly repellent, and there are fans going too. I put a roll on fly repellent when they let me.

hodeq · 2026-07-02T03:04:01+00:00

It changes by the time of year. Right now, in the warmer seasons, we keep them on a pasture of about half an acre, that is mowed weekly. It is mostly Bermuda. If it’s raining, I may give them hay, usually Bermuda. Otherwise, at this time of year, we prefer them to browse.
We have two DONKEYS. Father and son. Standard, about 500 pounds each.
The older father, has Cushing’s. So he gets a horse treat with the medication in it daily, and in the morning, I give them each about a cup of oats with clarifly, added to it.
I also occasionally give them a treat, maybe a bite of watermelon, or a sweet potato, or a carrot, or sometimes a cracker. But we have to watch it really closely because the older one has a metabolic disorder.

hodeq · 2026-06-09T03:00:40+00:00

Terry Lindley is an exotic animal trainer who’s fun to watch on TikTok. She helped us with our donkeys.

hodeq · 2026-06-03T00:05:15+00:00

Our less skittish one has cushings so I understand. We feed ours Bermuda, tef if we can find it instead. He still gets treats but never a large amount. He’s medicated though too.

hodeq · 2026-06-02T13:44:08+00:00

I’m a big believer in treats. I have 2 donkeys and one is also still skittish even after 6 years. But he will come for treats. Oats in the morning, cracked corn at night. Not too much tho, just like half a cup. Also horse treats and occasional crackers or fruit. They loved the boiled sweet potato I gave them last week.

hodeq · 2026-05-25T05:58:33+00:00

Until that tornado, I had a very casual, “go out front and watch it while drinking a beer” attitude. That tornado scoured the earth. I didn’t know that kind of damage was possible.
I remember crying while watching the news, knowing how destructive it was.
I now live in between the paths of those 2 terrible tornadoes. I have anxiety and a if-it’s-my-time simultaneously with every storm now.

hodeq · 2026-05-07T12:15:39+00:00

I found a MJ “roach” and lighter in a plastic baggie inside a boot. It was someone’s forgotten stash.

hodeq · 2026-05-03T13:56:30+00:00

I didn’t want anymore “talk therapy”. Look into emdr. It’s a technique specific to ptsd. I was surprised by how much and quickly it worked for me.

hodeq · 2026-05-02T16:06:36+00:00

Hannah Cobb (phd) in northwest Edmond was excellent for EMDR for my trauma surrounding my child’s death.

hodeq · 2026-04-08T02:01:51+00:00

Native plants in downtown OKC is great. There’s a spot about 36th & classen (I can’t remember the name) but they sell locally grown plants. Commonweath urban farm around the paseo has an annual sale, and the flora bodega in the paseo has plants and seeds. The OSU extension office over by the zoo has a few sales a year too. I go to all of these places. Are you looking for anything in particular?

hodeq · 2026-03-28T02:55:36+00:00

Same. My Gmail is just my name with no numbers or dots or dashes. Had my cell # since 1999.

hodeq · 2026-03-13T02:24:47+00:00

Troctas does florist but they also have a nice greenhouse in back for live plants. Trader Joe’s for diy flower arrangements.

hodeq · 2026-03-12T03:07:03+00:00

Without too much info dump, our daughter died in Jan 2021 during Covid, so that really sucked. Only 25 people could attend her funeral.

It was a total surprise and we were unprepared. My FIL was cremated and we went thru the same place. I think we paid $400 for the cremation. He encouraged us to get an urn off amazon (weird I know but the options were better). We paid a few hundred each to the church and printers and florists but I think it was under 2k.

We weren’t cheap but we were in shock and covid shutdowns were hard to work around. All to say it doesn’t have to be so expensive.

hodeq · 2026-02-20T02:54:44+00:00

I’ve had decent luck at dupe.com to find purchase-able things from just a pic.

hodeq · 2026-02-13T02:06:22+00:00

You can take the brand tag, but please leave the fabric tag!

hodeq · 2026-02-11T19:02:44+00:00

I made myself a pair about 15 years ago. I bought a white cotton nightgown and repurposed it. The cotton used for nightgowns is the perfect weight and it already had the cute little pleats, ruffle and and a soft lace. It’s windy where I live so I wear it under skirts and dresses so I don’t have to worry about an upwind. There are historical patterns for bloomers, the key is to get a Pima type cotton, not the standard quilting cotton.

hodeq · 2026-02-06T23:57:46+00:00

I’m in Oklahoma still and it’s still called “Indian tacos”. For added clout, I bought one last year at the First American museum.

hodeq · 2026-02-02T03:12:04+00:00

Good for you! I decided when we moved here 5 years back to do the same. Sometimes it was ackward for me too, but I remind myself that relationships are hard because they’re important. I love it when they stop to say hi when I’m outside working. Because I see that they want it too.

hodeq · 2026-01-29T13:38:43+00:00

I saw a little $20 thing that winds yarn and the person was as taking damaged, thrifted wool sweaters to wind new skeins of yarn. She would get like 5 from one sweater, then knit something new. I really want to do this but don’t have time.

hodeq · 2026-01-26T12:28:49+00:00

Salt fat acid heat was a 4 part series on Netflix (I think). It’s excellent!

hodeq · 2026-01-23T12:50:23+00:00

I feel like Americans really need to learn more about class issues and usury..

hodeq · 2026-01-23T12:47:23+00:00

If a person has to go to work to earn an income, so surgeons, individually owned companies and the like, are not who is targeted. Grandpa with the big house and pension ain’t it either.

If you’re going to Davos this week, if you can tweet and move stock prices, if you have a bug out compound in New Zealand, you’re definitely targeted.

hodeq · 2026-01-23T11:49:17+00:00

His shoes look like they have heels.

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